Is there another explicit and clear Hadith that confirms the jinn entering the human body, other than the Hadith "Indeed, Satan flows through one of you as blood flows," which some consider to be a metaphorical simile?
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Scholars have mentioned two interpretations regarding the meaning of the devil flowing through the son of Adam like blood. The first is that it is literal, which many scholars have used as evidence for a jinn possessing an epileptic. The second is that it is metaphorical, meaning through whispers (waswasa) and temptation, and some scholars preceded others in adopting this view. However, the most preponderant view, to which most scholars incline, is that the devil enters the human body, based on real-life observations and the confluence of textual evidence.
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